Jason Alper is an artist with a fantastic sense of humor and style. Caroline Ryder sat down with the artist briefly to get some insight from the artist before his show “Proletarian Drift and the Enfranchisement of the Bourgeoisie in the 21st Century” opens at Guy Hepner in Los Angeles this Saturday.
Greg Lamarche opens a new show, Materialism, alongside Aaron Noble at Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco this Saturday. Alex Lukas sat down with the NY-based artist and brought back some great words.
Our friend Alix McAlpine caught up with Brooklyn artist David Cook at his Greenpoint home/studio before he packed up for his show at White Walls in San Francisco, opening this Saturday, August 14th.
AJ Fosik and Bill McRight have a new show, Count Back From Nothing, opening up at David B. Smith Gallery in Denver tonight. I asked them a couple questions.
Our friend Zio sat down with the extremely talented, and creative Devin Flynn for a couple questions earlier this week. Flynn is part of ZPFfffft!!! with Gary Panter, and Bob Zoell which opens at the Scion Gallery this Saturday, June 19th.
Also, have a look at Devin and Gary Go Outside which is available through PictureBox Inc.
Mike Stilkey has the honor of opening the inaugural show at Hurley’s new gallery, )( Space, in Costa Mesa. We took a moment to talk with the artist about art, skateboarding, and books. “Reminiscent” opens at )( Space Gallery this Saturday, June 5th, 2010, from 6-10 p.m. and is located at Hurley Headquarters, 1945 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa, CA. The Longboards Ice Cream truck and the Kogi Taco Truck will be there as well for dinner and dessert.
Shift Magazine has a nice interview with Yuichi Yokoyama around his nex exhibition All Documentation on Neo Manga which is currently on display at the Kawasaki Museum in Japan.
Pose just opened up a great show this past Saturday at Known Gallery with KC Ortiz. We showed you pics yesterday and now we follow-up with a couple questions with the man himself.
How was it coming up in Albuquerque?
Coming up in Albuquerque was really fresh. Doc from LA, Agree from NY, and Stack from Seattle really shaped the scene. Albuquerque writers like myself came up around lots of dope styles. I feel like I was schooled well and was fortunate enough to come up in a town where paint was easy to get and there was an endless supply of good walls. We also had chill train yards and the cops weren’t really hip to graffiti like they are now. I have a lot of love for my roots in Albuquerque.
How long have been writing?
I’ve been writing for a little over 7 years.
“First of all if any artist says that they have and or earned “street cred” to define their place in an art movement then they are very confused on the definition. Here is a small list that defines the term “street cred”:
You have been to prison.
You belong to a street gang.
You sell crack on a busy corner.
You are great marksmen in a moving vehicle.
You have gang-blocks tattooed on your face.
Basically,what I am trying to say is the credibility factor has to be judged on an individual basis.”
Rooms is a new exhibition that opens up at Scion Space this Saturday (4/24) in Los Angeles. Curated by Roger Gastman, the show features 8 individual installations by artists Adam Wallacavage, Bill Daniel, Chris Stain, Dan Monick & Caitlin Reilly, Dueling VHS, Justin Van Hoy, Kime Buzzelli, and Rocky Grimes. I sat down with Roger via the internet and asked some questions.
Why “Rooms”?
I wanted to do something that creatively utilized the 4,500-square foot space at the Scion Gallery. [Read more]
Our friends at I Love Graffiti recently posted an informative interview with the most famous Brazilian Twins in Graffiti, Os Gêmeos. How fresh is that photo above? Dookie Chains to the max.
The Selby recently visited Steve Powers’s NY Studio. As always, the images are great and entertaining but, the gem was the handwritten interview above.